Constance Le Grip

Constance Le Grip (14 November 1960-) was a French MEP from 10 February 2010, succeeding Michel Barnier. Le Grip was elected as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Biography
Constance Le Grip was born in Chatou, France on 14 November 1960, and she graduated from the Institute of Political Studies in Strasbourg. She became an aide to National Assembly and European Parliament deputies, and she became an affiliate of the Union for a Popular Movement party. From 2002 to 2010, she served as a parliamentary adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy, and she herself was elected to the European Parliament in 2010. In 2016, she supported Nicolas Sarkozy as The Republicans' candidate for the 2017 presidential election, but Francois Fillon instead won the primaries. On 23 April 2017, in an interview with France 24, she stated that she supported Emmanuel Macron and En Marche! against Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front of France party due to her support for democracy.